HIV-related stigmatization and discrimination: Its forms and contexts

Malcolm, Anne; Aggleton, Peter; Bronfman, Mario; Galväo, Jane; Mane, Pratibha; Verrall, Jane

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“…Felt stigma refers "to real or imagined fear of societal attitudes and potential discrimination arising from a particular undesirable attribute, disease (such as mental disorders), or association with a particular group". 3 Enacted stigma, on the other hand, refers "to the real experience of discrimination". 3 This takes the form of discrimination in job placement or loss of job as a result of disclosure of mental health status, health benefits, or social ostracism.…”

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Mental Health-Related Stigma and Discrimination in Ghana: Experience of Patients and Their Caregivers

Tawiah¹,

Adongo²,

Aikins³

2015

Ghana Medical Journal

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SUMMARYBackground: Mental health is now attracting increased public health attention from health professionals, policy makers and the general population. However, stigma and discrimination usually have enormous negative impact on the patients and their families. This study reports on stigma and discrimination faced by mental health patients and their caregivers in a suburban area of Ghana and the coping strategies used. Method: This is a cross-sectional exploratory study which used both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Two hundred and seventy seven mental health patients were purposively interviewed. Focus group discussions were held with caregivers and in-depth interviews were held with mental health professionals. The quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS and Microsoft Excel ® whilst the qualitative data were coded and manually analyzed thematically. Results: Mental disorder cuts across all age, sex, education, ethnicity, employment, and marital status. More females were stigmatized than males at the work/employment and educational levels. Various forms of stigma were observed at the economic, psychological and social levels, whilst for discrimination it was only observed at the economic and social levels. Caregivers were also stigmatized and discriminated. The coping strategies adopted by the mental patients and their caregivers were also economic, psychological and social in nature. Conclusion: Mental health patients and their families suffer from stigma and discrimination from the individual, family, work, employment, education to the health level. Thus, community level policy on mental health care needs to be developed and implemented. Furthermore mental health education needs to be intensified at the community level.

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“…3 Enacted stigma, on the other hand, refers "to the real experience of discrimination". 3 This takes the form of discrimination in job placement or loss of job as a result of disclosure of mental health status, health benefits, or social ostracism.…”

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Mental Health-Related Stigma and Discrimination in Ghana: Experience of Patients and Their Caregivers

Tawiah¹,

Adongo²,

Aikins³

2015

Ghana Medical Journal

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“…Since its beginnings, the syndrome has been presented as a sensible representational object, that is, strongly marked by social norms and moral values, leading to various metaphors associated with the new disease, such as death, horror, crime, punishment, war, shame and pollution (3)(4) .…”

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Construction and transformation of social representations of AIDS and implications for health care

Oliveira

2013

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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OBJECTIVES: to analyze the process of the constitution and evolution of social representations and practices referent to aids, based on studies carried out in the last eleven years among health professionals. METHOD: a comparison of representational structures of aids in different decades was undertaken, accompanied by a study of the silent zone, involving health professionals. Data collection and analysis included techniques of free association, structural analysis, and study of the silent zone. RESULTS: the existence of a process of change was observed in the social representations of aids, with the introduction of the possibility of co-existence with the disease and the reduction of the importance of death. CONCLUSIONS: this process is presented as the result of a complex movement of symbolic constructions arising from human interactions, contributing to knowledge of ways of thinking associated with the syndrome and to professional practices in healthcare.

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“…All participants were evaluated for LAI-PrEP using information from trained interviewers on the possible side effects of oral and LAI-PrEP. Participants were asked to recall the number of partners in the last three months and frequency of condom use [25][26][27]. Descriptive statistics of PrEP were employed for purposes of demographics, sexual behavior, concerns and interest ( Figure 1).…”

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A literature review of issues affecting PrEP Education and Implementation in racism mistrust in black communities (HIV/AIDS)

Cazeau¹,

Jackson²,

Theodore³

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Integr Mol Med

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Background: Racism in black communities has complicated diagnosis and treatment of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Individuals most affected by HIV are also most disadvantaged in terms of race and economic status. Sixty percent of all new HIV infections take place among young black MSM between the ages 13 to 29, which explains why AIDS has been cast as a social and not bio-medical problem. Most of them will live in disbelief that they could be at risk for HIV, and so are reluctant to try new preventative treatments such as PrEP.

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HIV-related stigmatization and discrimination: Its forms and contexts

Cited by 161 publications

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Mental Health-Related Stigma and Discrimination in Ghana: Experience of Patients and Their Caregivers

Mental Health-Related Stigma and Discrimination in Ghana: Experience of Patients and Their Caregivers

Construction and transformation of social representations of AIDS and implications for health care

A literature review of issues affecting PrEP Education and Implementation in racism mistrust in black communities (HIV/AIDS)

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